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PT-294



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Easy - Xray


PT-294 served only in the Soviet Navy

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 3 March 1943 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA
  • Launched 16 April 1943
  • Completed 28 September 1943
  • Transferred to the Soviet Union in December 1943 and named TK-219
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 78'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5' 3"
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two 21" torpedoes, two twin .50 cal. machine guns, one 37mm mount and one 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    PT-294 91k . Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.

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